Scuba Diving in St Maarten

By Dave Pipitone

Scuba diving in St. Maarten offers boundless underwater activities you wont cover in a day.

If there is a perfect beach for a scuba adventure that would almost certainly be on the Caribbean. Why is that?

Here you can find natural marine formations so elegantly formed and colorful like the reefs and even man made elements like sunken ships and ancient warships that litter the underwater earth of the Caribbean Sea.

Few other places can afford a marine view as luxurious as the Caribbean. St. Maarten is a tropical island sitting approximately 240 kilometers or 150 miles from the shores of Puerto Rico and is on the Northeast side of the Caribbean.

Though not as recognized as its neighboring islands of Bahamas, Jamaica, Aruba and the Virgin Islands in scuba diving, no doubt St. Maarten is as equally if not more stunning.

St. Maarten Scuba Diving Sites to Uncover

St. Maarten Scuba Diving offers boundless underwater sites. And it offers every kind, from ancient shipwrecks to natural formations to living structures; the St. Maarten undersea habitat houses everything.

Here are those underwater sites you just have to uncover.

H.M.S. Proselyte at depths of 46 ft. If there is going to be the best underwater wreck contest, the Proselyte is a sure winner. If by her lifetime she was a harbinger of doom, her grave shows none of that.

Instead, this 200 year old British Frigate had blended so well with nature that only the cannons stand proud as a reminder of those days past.

Eerie place? Absolutely none of that. H.M.S. is bustling with life, colorful life. Fishbowl at depths of 60ft Though relatively small, it is bursting to the rim with fish. Mainly a number of barracuda will greet you, and a handful of parrotfish. Be sure to take an extra careful look at those fish. Have you ever heard of cleaner fish?

The Maze at depths of 50ft

Imagine how a garden maze would feature in an undersea environment. If you guess corals, then you got it right.

The Maze is actually a scattering of haphazardly formed corals that it would take some maneuvering to waggle through them. Don't hold over though, here you will catch a glimpse of elusive sea turtles and scores of jauntily colored tropical fish.

The Pinnacle at depths of 70 ft

Sometimes a sense of adventure will really strike you. Why not take it to a test further. Head further out into the One Step Beyond.

An apt name; One Step Beyond is a double pinnacle jutting out alone among the reefs that surround the area. Here you will be rewarded with large schools of fish, some quite large.

As you can see, scuba diving in St. Maarten offers a number of exotic locations and fascinating underwater sights to see on your next visit to this island.

Scuba Diving in St Maarten

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